Recent News

Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby, a 1972 graduate of East Central University, will be inducted into ECU's Hall of Governors Friday [OCT. 26] during a dedication ceremony at 2 p.m. in the University Center. The ceremony is open to the public.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and several events, including a poignant exhibit and a noted speaker on Tuesday [Oct. 16], are planned at East Central University to bring attention to the problem.

Posters and flyers are posted around the campus, and the Campus Initiative to Reduce Crime Against Women (CIRCAW) and its partners will have information and resources displayed in ECU buildings.

Dr. Keith Gaddie will deliver the annual Lou Watkins Endowed Lectureship at 7 p.m. Tuesday [OCT. 9] at East Central University. The free lecture will be held in the Estep Multimedia Center in the University Center and is open to the public.

Dr. David La Vere, an award-winning author and professor at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, will discuss "Looting Spiro Mounds: An American King Tut's Tomb" in a public lecture Monday [OCT. 8] at East Central University.

He will speak at 7 p.m. in the Estep Multimedia Center in the University Center. The lecture is sponsored by ECU's Hayes Native American Studies Center.

A two-day grant-writing workshop will be held Oct. 9-10 [TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY] at East Central University to teach participants everything from how to identify research avenues and needs to developing goals and writing an abstract and cover letter for a proposal.

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